Hansgrohe's PuraVida collection is my personal best in show
One of the primary reasons the the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show exists is to provide manufacturers with a time and a place to announce new products. Though KBIS was a little thinner than it's been in previous years, there were new product launches aplenty. Out of all the wonderful things I saw in Chicago, what stands out for me is the new PuraVida collection from Hansgrohe .
It's impossible to describe Hansgrohe's 2400 square foot trade show booth adequately. The scope and scale of some of the larger booths at KBIS shouldn't be called booths at all. Installation is a better description. I mean, imagine 10 to 15 fully outfitted (and plumbed) luxury baths adrift in a sea of white carpet. Think huge video screens and hordes of attractive people gathering around an espresso bar. The larger booths, and Hansgrohe's is definitely one of the larger booths, have offices and break rooms, conference centers and lighting schemes on par with something you'd see in a theater.
Out of all the glories that have been on show in Hansgrohe's booth, none got here close the beauty and function of their new PuraVida Collection.
The PuraVida collection was commissioned by Klaus Grohe and designed by way of Phoenix Design of Stuttgart. It's a examine in serenity and the cool white and chrome exteriors cover a wealth of innovations and efficiencies.
I sincerely like the shape of the bathroom tap.
And this ceiling-mounted bathe makes a lot feel I can not consider nobody's ever thought of this earlier than. Think about it. Most ceiling-mounted showers are round, however the shape of a person's shoulders, chest and lower back are square. Why waste water?
By far, my favorite component in this collection and my hands-down favorite new product is the hand-held shower.
Tucked interior of that hand reflect-sized shower head is a wonder of engineering I would not have believed had I now not seen it with my personal eyes and permit it run over my own hands.
I use a hand-held shower and some day, if I'm really good, maybe I'll have one of these babies. I'm around new kitchen and bath stuff all the time and rarely do I come down with a case of I must have this. This is one of those rare occasions.
This bathe has what Hansgrohe calls the Caresse Five-Finger Massage setting and you could see it at 1:20 and three:20 on this video.
Caresse is five streams of water and each stream makes an interlocking parent 8 sample as it sprays. I've by no means visible whatever love it and I think we are able to correctly call this sense I actually have love.
The entire PuraVida collection uses Hansgrohe's patented gadget of waft limit provides air to the water to boom the volume even as lowering the go with the flow fee. Low-waft is about the closing issue that involves thoughts around those fixtures.
So Bravo Hansgrohe, you win my best in show award. I'd have named you my top pick even if you hadn't kept me fueled with espresso last weekend. Check out PuraVida and the rest of Hansgrohe's products on their website .